sisterhood
/ˈsɪstɚˌhʊd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.)
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In contrast, she said, women join sisterhoods and do volunteer work for Jewish fundraising organizations that are run and dominated by men."
- "What does the rallying cry of sisterhood and the concept of feminism mean when last year, the majority of white, female voters chose whiteness as a political identity over womanhood?"
- "In a terrible way, I’ve never felt more part of a sisterhood or more certain that pain is shared within that family."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: susterhede
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɪstɚˌhʊd/
- British English: /ˈsɪstə.hʊd/